# CVE-2026-12002: Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed CSRF in maybe_connection_data

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-12002-smash-balloon-social-photo-feed-csrf-in-maybe-connection-data  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-08. Updated: 2026-07-08  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-12002 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.7 · Published 2026-07-08

The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed plugin for WordPress, which is used to display Instagram and Facebook content on websites, contains a security flaw that could allow an attacker to disrupt social media integrations. By tricking a site administrator into clicking a malicious link, an attacker can overwrite the site's social media access tokens. This would cause social media feeds or embedded content to stop working correctly on the affected website.

Vendors: [Smash Balloon](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/smash-balloon).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-12002 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-12002 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-12002?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.7, published 8 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed up to, and including, 6.11.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-12002?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-12002 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-12002?** Check whether you run Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed plugin due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'maybe_connection_data' function within the SBI_oEmbeds.php component. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious request and inducing a site administrator to execute it (e.g., via social engineering or a phishing link). Successful exploitation allows the attacker to overwrite the site's Instagram and Facebook oEmbed access tokens, leading to a loss of integrity for social media integrations. The issue affects all versions up to 6.11.1; users should update to a patched version if available.

## Affected products

- Smash Balloon Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin up to, and including, 6.11.1

## Timeline

- 2026-07-08: disclosed: CVE published by Wordfence/NVD

## References

- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3575933/instagram-feed/trunk/admin/SBI_oEmbeds.php?old=3289310&old_path=instagram-feed%2Ftrunk%2Fadmin%2FSBI_oEmbeds.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3575933/instagram-feed/trunk/admin/SBI_oEmbeds.php?old=3289310&old_path=instagram-feed%2Ftrunk%2Fadmin%2FSBI_oEmbeds.php)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abe6366a-3729-474f-8920-b5ed2eeab906?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abe6366a-3729-474f-8920-b5ed2eeab906?source=cve)